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Water Well Driller prevailing wage, East Baton Rouge Parish group, Louisiana (16 localities)
DOL sets the same water well driller rates, row for row, in 16 localities: Acadia, Ascension, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Ouachita, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Martin, Terrebonne, Webster and West Baton Rouge. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$14.35an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)
$11.91 base wage + $2.44 fringe benefits · SULA2004-006
On federally funded or assisted heavy construction in each of these 16 localities, a water well driller must be paid at least $14.35 an hour: a $11.91 base wage plus $2.44 in fringe benefits, under wage determination LA20260002 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $14.35 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination LA20260002, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for heavy construction; rate identifier SULA2004-006 (April 29, 2004). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Louisiana has no state prevailing wage law (DOL state table).
- This base is below $13.65, the Executive Order 13658 minimum. Contracts that order covers must pay at least that (see the WD's note).
Base wage and fringe benefits: $11.91 + $2.44
The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.
| Base wage (taxable) | $11.91 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $2.44 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $14.35 |
When does this rate change?
- A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)).
- DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the Louisiana change log lists what each one changed.
How the East Baton Rouge Parish group compares
The main water well driller rate in every parish that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.
Every parish in Louisiana
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- East Baton Rouge Parish groupbase $11.91$14.35
- West Baton Rouge Parishbase $11.91$14.35
- East Feliciana Parishbase $10.73$12.74
- Livingston Parishbase $11.91$14.35
Which parish is in which water well driller group
Every Louisiana parish with a water well driller rate. Localities DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Parishes | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Baton Rouge Parish group, 16 localities: Acadia, Ascension, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Ouachita, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Martin, Terrebonne, Webster, West Baton Rouge | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: WATER WELL DRILLER | $11.91 | $14.35 |
| Tangipahoa Parish group, 40 localities: Allen, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Mary, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, West Carroll, West Feliciana, Winn | POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: WATER WELL DRILLER | $10.73 | $12.74 |
2 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.
Louisiana water well driller prevailing wage by parish, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).
Every trade's rates, parish by parish: Acadia · Ascension · Bossier · Caddo · Calcasieu · East Baton Rouge · Lafayette · Lafourche · Livingston · Ouachita · Rapides · St. Landry · St. Martin · Terrebonne · Webster · West Baton Rouge
Are you being paid this rate?
Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.
Source
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:
- Acadia: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Ascension: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Bossier: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Caddo: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Calcasieu: LA20260002 Mod 2
- East Baton Rouge: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Lafayette: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Lafourche: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Livingston: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Ouachita: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Rapides: LA20260002 Mod 2
- St. Landry: LA20260002 Mod 2
- St. Martin: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Terrebonne: LA20260002 Mod 2
- Webster: LA20260002 Mod 2
- West Baton Rouge: LA20260002 Mod 2
We read every active Louisiana Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. How we check · Download every Louisiana rate as CSV · Report an error